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Out to Innovate is accepting nominations for our 2025 Recognition Awards for #LGBTQ+ #Scientist, #Engineer, and #Educator of the Year! Submit your nominations here: outtoinnovate.org/recognitio… The deadline is December 31, 2024.
Merron Woodbury (they/them) is a psychology graduate student at the University of Toronto where they use functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how adolescents engage the brain differently than adults when recalling related memories. “I am so honored to receive
the OTI Career Development Fellowship. The award will allow me to attend an international conference to both present my research and host an LGBTQ+ social event for other queer neuroscientists to connect.
Spencer Winter (he/him) is a bioengineering graduate student at the California Institute of Technology where he works on developing localized biochemical circuits on DNA tile structures. “I am immensely honored to be a recipient of the OTI Career Development Fellowship.
My field of molecular programming is a relatively new area of research with a lot of mysteries and unknowns, and the support of the fellowship acts as both a vote of confidence in my work and direct support as I continue my research.
Loki Luteng Lin (he/him) is a physics graduate student at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor where he works to advance the understanding of the landscape of possible quantum gravity theories using the tools of the S-matrix bootstrap, where he translates simple conditions
STEM, I feel encouraged to continue being open about my identity as a transgender physicist and hope that my presence will help other Queer and Trans physicists do the same.
Cameron Essex (they/them) is a geosciences graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where they study the Earth’s volcanoes and reconstruct climate histories using geochemistry. “The visibility of LGBTQIA2S+ people in STEM, especially the trans, non-binary,
Additionally, I envision establishing queer networks and visibility at these conferences where the LGBTQIA2S+ community has been traditionally unacknowledged and undercelebrated.
Dr. Matthew Ellis (he/him) is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Diego where he characterizes the regulatory mechanisms underlying the progression of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy with the ultimate goal of identifying generalizable targets which could
This funding will provide me invaluable opportunities to engage and share my work broadly through attending internationally renowned scientific conferences and carve out my path to a faculty position where I can continue LGBTQ+ STEM advocacy alongside leading a premier